"I was thrilled with the win. It was a good win for us," said Cornwall coach Chris Miller.

"It was a tough match-up. They've got size, strength and speed. Brodhead and CeCe are good guards."

The (4-4) Tigers jumped out to a 17-9 lead in the first quarter as Brodhead scored seven points and VanDyke four.

The second quarter was a different story with Kingston managing a single field goal in a five-minute span and Cornwall driving inside.

When Staudle hit a line-drive 3-point field goal, the Dragons were ahead 32-24 with 1:03 left in the half.

"In the first quarter, there was a stretch of five

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minutes where we played very good defense," Kingston coach Steve Garner said.

"The second quarter was absolutely attrocious. They had no interest in defense."

"We were able to drive the ball and take advantage of their aggressive style," Miller noted.

Despite struggling with 6-for-34 (18 percent) shooting in the second half, Kingston battled back and tied at 43-43 on Brodhead's pullup 15-footer with 3:47 left.

Alisia Lacey, who had a big rebounding effort to go with three blocked shots, scored on a putback to tie again for the Tigers at 45-45.

Kingston, however, couldn't score in the final two minutes.

Jillian Artrip's layup put Cornwall ahead to stay with 1:50 remaining. Briggs followed with a wide-open basket with 53.9 seconds to go and Staudle clinched the win with a pair of foul shots with 16.8 on the clock.

"We play well, but we don't sustain it," Garner said.

"We ended up with one pass, one shot.

"We were not working the ball. We get down there and get one pass, one shot. You can't do that. You can't do that."

After playing seven of their first eight games on the road, the Tigers are home for the next three. They host Red Hook Monday, Middletown Wednesdya, then Warwick on Jan. 15.